Entrepreneurial Finance: The Funding Options

Introduction

This webinar provides a practitioner’s guide to the many different types of entrepreneurial finance so that corporate, private equity and transactional lawyers can advise clients on the commercial implications of each funding route.

The full 'funding escalator' of finance for high growth companies from start-up to scale-up is covered including maximising internal sources of funding, crowdfunding, business angel finance, venture capital and corporate VC.

During the webinar, expert speaker Keith Arundale will provide:

• Details of the funding opportunities that are aimed at start-ups and high-growth enterprises with the pros and cons of each
• A practical perspective on what investors seek in a business proposition with Keith’s top three tips for pitching to the providers of entrepreneurial finance
• An overview of the current climate for entrepreneurial finance and the outlook for the future

If you wish to learn about the commercial aspects of the key components of entrepreneurial finance, then this webinar is for you.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Sources of finance for high growth businesses
• Current trends in entrepreneurial finance
• Investment risk and return
• Crowdfunding, including reward based, donation based, lending based and equity investment based crowdfunding
• Business angel finance, investment criteria and business angel networks
• Venture capital, including what VCs look for in deals and the evaluation process
• Latest updates to VCT, EIS and SEIS schemes
• Corporate venture capital, direct and indirect and benefits to the corporate and the investee company
• Targeting the sources of finance, including Keith’s top 3 tips for pitching to investors